For 13 years, Marlene Rivas has been part of a team working to protect the red-fronted macaw (Ara rubrogenysa), a bird endemic to Bolivia that is classified as critically endangered on the IUCN ...

Two red-fronted macaws (stock image). getty "When he hatched last year, it was the first time in over 15 years that the species had been successfully bred at the zoo,” McKie, an assistant bird ...

A critically endangered red-fronted macaw has hatched at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo for the first time in 20 years. Now three months old, the bird has fledged the ...

The red-fronted macaws — a rare and endangered species of parrots native to Bolivia — recently arrived at the facility and were paired off in hopes that they breed, per the release.

She added: “Red-fronted macaws are among the most endangered species of parrot on the planet, so bringing this pair to Twycross to hopefully facilitate breeding further down the line, is a ...

These birds are like flying rainbows, with feathers that come in shades of red, blue, green, yellow, and more. Each type of macaw has its own special color pattern, and no two birds look exactly ...

A red-fronted macaw at 46 days old (left) hatched in Jurong Bird Park’s Breeding and Research Centre and a fully grown adult of the same species (right).

She added: “Red-fronted macaws are among the most endangered species of parrot on the planet, so bringing this pair to Twycross to hopefully facilitate breeding further down the line, is a ...